The new Hitler is out?
"Iran Parliament to take president to court" by Associated Press / June 2, 2011
TEHRAN — Iran’s Parliament voted yesterday to take Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to court over his takeover of the country’s vital oil ministry, escalating the power struggle between the president and the hard-line establishment that has turned against him.
The 165-1 vote was the latest salvo in the political maneuvering that began when Ahmadinejad publicly challenged Iran’s supreme leader in April, only to back down. The confrontations appear to be part of a power struggle ahead of parliamentary elections next year and the vote for Ahmadinejad’s successor in mid-2013.
Related: Iran's Insecure Supreme Leader
Lawmakers were infuriated when Ahmadinejad consolidated a series of ministries without parliamentary approval, fired the oil minister, and named himself the replacement. The takeover also puts him at the helm of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, since Iran holds the rotating presidency this year....
It's always about the oil.
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Well, almost always:
Ahmadinejad criticizes IAEA chief
And he is the moderate!
Iran plans to speed up uranium production (New York Times)
I never read invisible inks from the pinnacle of propaganda, sorry.
Related: I Spy Iran
No follow-up?
CIA press cut the agents loose?
Next day update:
"Protest marks disputed ’09 Iran vote" by Associated Press / June 13, 2011
TEHRAN— Iranian police swinging clubs chased protesters and made arrests yesterday to disperse hundreds of people who gathered in the capital to mark the second anniversary of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed reelection, the opposition said.
Don't worry, he'll be gone soon.
Accusations of fraud in the June 2009 election sent waves of protesters into streets around the nation for months, triggering a deadly crackdown and mass trials of activists and political figures who sought overhaul. The movement grew into the most serious challenge to Iran’s ruling system since its birth in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but it was largely quashed after half a year....
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